THURSDAY NIGHTS IN AUGUST

THE TIME HAS COME FOR THOSE WHO WORSHIP WORDS
TO CONTINUE BRINGING OUT OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
AND READ FROM THEM HERE SHARING PASSAGES 

NOW BEGINS THE SECOND GEAR OF THE PAINTED NOTE
POETRY READINGS WHERE WE VENTURE INTO EVEN DEEPER
WATERS OF EXPRESSION TOGETHER

HERE WE VALUE OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS WHICH MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT HAVE GROWN FROM SEEDS SOWN INTO THE BINDINGS
OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS

AT THE VERY LEAST WE MAY TRADE OUR ORIGINAL THOUGHTS
TO HONOR THE WRITERS WHOSE PENS HAVE STAINED THEIR MANUSCRIPTS
WITH REPORTS SO DEEP THEY HAVE BLED THROUGH GENERATIONS
OF PAGES UNTIL THEIR INSCRIPTIONS

HAVE MET OUR OWN EYES TODAY OR WHILE GROWING UP AND FOUND
IN THEIR BRIGHT FOCUS A NEW HOME FOR A PHILOSOPHY, FICTION
POETRY,  AND HISTORY WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND TOGETHER

THE WRITTEN WORD  PASSES THROUGH OUR EYES BEFORE WE
PRONOUNCE ITS MESSAGE TO AN EXPECTANT CROWD OF RECEPTIVE
FRIENDS WHO FOR THIS SORT OF ELECTROLYTIC BONDING WHICH SO RARELY
OCCURS ANYMORE REALLY WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM HERE TO HELP MAKE AMENDS

CHEERS TO THE LIVING AUTHORS STILL WITH US TODAY AND
A MOMENT OF RESPECTFUL SILENCE FOR THOSE  WE REMEMBER
WHO'VE PASSED AWAY YET CONTINUE TO HAUNT US TODAY
THROUGH THEIR BOOKS WE KEEP READING OVER AND OVER AGAIN

READING SOME OF THESE OLD PASSAGES ALOUD BECOMES A CONJURATION
OR A SEANCE IF YOU WILL  A SUPERNATURAL EVENT CONDUCTING ENERGY
IN A CROWD LIKE QUARTZ OR SALT.  WELCOME BACK TO THE SECOND PHASE
OF THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY AT THE PAINTED NOTE